#MessianicCrusaders In Israel’s army, more officers are now religious. What that means.

#VerrryScarrrry Bibi’s new government: A narrow, right-wing and ultra-Orthodox government with a solid majority of 67 Knesset members, hence its nickname: “the 67 government.” This does not refer to the ’67 border lines, but to the 67 Knesset members of the coalition from which this government will be assembled. Most of these Knesset members do not recognize the two-state solution and the 1967 lines; while these are viewed by the global community as the basis for all negotiations vis-à-vis the Palestinians, these Knesset members view them as fictitious.

#PurposeDrivenFundie Rick Warren travels extensively as part of his dominionist agenda, spreading his dangerous right-wing ideologies wherever he goes by developing close relationships with government leaders, business leaders, and religious leaders, including many prominent anti-LGBTQ pastors

#LordsFavoriteMartian Creflo Dollar, the pastor who asked followers to buy him a new $65 million aircraft blames the devil for losing the old one—and says he may need a spaceship to evangelize on Mars.

#ShiversDownMySpine Michigan state lawmakers Cindy Gamrat, Gary Glenn, and Todd Courser are openly theocratic, regularly expressing their desire and their intention to bring their religion into government, using their personal interpretation of the Bible to make laws and policy in our state. But the three of them have a mentor in this effort: 7th District Congressman Tim Walberg. A former Baptist minister and Bible salesman, Walberg has always been an opponent of the idea of separation of church and state.

#EducatingBozo “Bible Man” leads students in Bible readings, sets up “baby Jesus” displays at school, preaches in sermons that “Jesus died on the cross for our sins,” and distributes religious literature.

Fifty Shades Of Barking Mad

#ReadyForTheLoonyBin Pat Robertson: child of a woman who once had an abortion may fear that she will “kill me later on”

#Huckavomit “I don’t think anybody should enter into a decision that is this monumental… without a lot of prayer.” Huckajesus to announce plans concerning potential White House bid on May 5 in his hometown of Hope, Arkansas.

#ThereWillBeBlood Leading Republicans differ over armed ‘insurrection’ Ted Cruz is actively recruiting an army of preacher politicians in Oklahoma.

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The Weekly Upchuck April 8, 2015

Abortion, Contraception And Other Women’s Issues

#MiscarriageAsCrime “Years of investment in rightwing think tanks in Indiana is bearing fruit. It is manifested in legislation that criminalizes abortion and allows religion to be used as an excuse for discrimination in stores, restaurants, and other commercial services.”

#HydeFromIgnorance ‘Reach’ of Anti-Choice Hyde Amendment May Get Wider

#AFingerInTheDike 235 Anti-Choice Bills Proposed in State Legislatures Since January

#GrandOleChristocracy The fear of public disagreement with an Israeli government isn’t just the product of lobbying by groups that claim to represent American Jews. The theocrats’ takeover of the Republican Party is at least as significant.

#RachelsSchadenfreude Actress Rachel Griffiths ‘elated’ at blaze that gutted church linked to child sex abuse. It was the home of priest Ronald Pickering, who was found to be a pedophile by the Catholic Church but was never brought to justice before his death.